Robert Novak weighs in on the Pelosi/Murtha drama:

“This is a no-win situation for Pelosi. If Murtha wins today, she will be accused of personal vindictiveness in derailing Hoyer, who is more popular in the caucus and better qualified for leadership. If Murtha loses, as is much more probable, she will be seen as bumbling her first attempt to lead the new Democratic majority. Pelosi could have avoided this dilemma by standing aside as Newt Gingrich, then the presumptive speaker, did when he voted for his ally Robert Walker as majority whip but did not ask members to oppose Tom DeLay.”

I’m telling you this is only the beginning, and precisely what I and others have been telling you about Pelosi and the rest of the doofs of the Democratic Party. If I was the GOP chair I would issue a gag order for the next 45 days and let the democrats go on and decend into more warring factions than that “quagmire in Iraq”!

UPDATE: Pelosi fails, Murtha out.